This manual provides comprehensive information on "Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy," authored by Melanie Swan and published by O'Reilly Media in January 2015. This work explores blockchain technology as the fifth disruptive computing paradigm, following mainframes, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networking. It delves into the fundamental concepts of Bitcoin and blockchain, detailing their features and functionality. The book further examines the extensive applications of blockchain beyond digital currency, including automated tracking of digital endeavors, censorship-resistant organizational models, decentralized identity verification, and the potential for more efficient services. It also covers blockchain's role in science, data mining, personal health records, and open-access academic publishing, discussing its evolution through Blockchain 1.0 (Digital Currency) and Blockchain 2.0 (Smart Contracts).
The purpose of this manual is to serve as an in-depth guide to understanding and utilizing blockchain technology. It covers key concepts such as the worldwide, decentralized record for registration, inventory, and transfer of all assets, encompassing finances, property, and intangible assets like votes and health data. This resource is intended for individuals seeking to grasp the disruptive potential of blockchain as a computing paradigm and its broad spectrum of applications. The manual aims to equip readers with a thorough understanding of blockchain's architecture, its current and future implications, and its capacity to reshape various industries and societal functions.
Bitcoin is starting to come into its own as a digital currency, but the blockchain technology behind it could prove to be much more significant. This book takes you beyond the currency ("Blockchain 1.0") and smart contracts ("Blockchain 2.0") to demonstrate how the blockchain is in position to become the fifth disruptive computing paradigm after mainframes, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networking.
Author Melanie Swan, Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies, explains that the blockchain is essentially a public ledger with potential as a worldwide, decentralized record for the registration, inventory, and transfer of all assets—not just finances, but property and intangible assets such as votes, software, health data, and ideas.
Topics include:
- Concepts, features, and functionality of Bitcoin and the blockchain
- Using the blockchain for automated tracking of all digital endeavors
- Enabling censorship?resistant organizational models
- Creating a decentralized digital repository to verify identity
- Possibility of cheaper, more efficient services traditionally provided by nations
- Blockchain for science: making better use of the data-mining network
- Personal health record storage, including access to one’s own genomic data
- Open access academic publishing on the blockchain
This book is part of an ongoing O’Reilly series. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Crypto-Currencies introduces Bitcoin and describes the technology behind Bitcoin and the blockchain. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy considers theoretical, philosophical, and societal impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
Author: Swan, Melanie
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy
Pages: 00152 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2015-01-23
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781491920497
Category: Computers : Social Aspects - General
Category: Computers : Internet - General
Category: Computers : Electronic Commerce
Bitcoin is starting to come into its own as a digital currency, but the blockchain technology behind it could prove to be much more significant. This book takes you beyond the currency ("Blockchain 1.0") and smart contracts ("Blockchain 2.0") to demonstrate how the blockchain is in position to become the fifth disruptive computing paradigm after mainframes, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networking.
Author Melanie Swan, Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies, explains that the blockchain is essentially a public ledger with potential as a worldwide, decentralized record for the registration, inventory, and transfer of all assets—not just finances, but property and intangible assets such as votes, software, health data, and ideas.
Topics include:
- Concepts, features, and functionality of Bitcoin and the blockchain
- Using the blockchain for automated tracking of all digital endeavors
- Enabling censorship?resistant organizational models
- Creating a decentralized digital repository to verify identity
- Possibility of cheaper, more efficient services traditionally provided by nations
- Blockchain for science: making better use of the data-mining network
- Personal health record storage, including access to one’s own genomic data
- Open access academic publishing on the blockchain
This book is part of an ongoing O’Reilly series. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Crypto-Currencies introduces Bitcoin and describes the technology behind Bitcoin and the blockchain. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy considers theoretical, philosophical, and societal impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
Author: Swan, Melanie
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy
Pages: 00152 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2015-01-23
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781491920497
Category: Computers : Social Aspects - General
Category: Computers : Internet - General
Category: Computers : Electronic Commerce
